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David, Chauncey, and I went to the Farmer’s Market this weekend! It was so stinkin hot it seriously made me wonder how the heck I grew up in Arizona where it is 30 degrees hotter! Chauncey would never make it in Arizona either haha he stops for shade and water any chance he gets when it is 90 degrees out, poor thing.

Where did you go for fireworks- Tempe town lake? I’ve found all the people there make it so much hotter! Just a quick question…contemplating getting rag and bone jeans- do they run big or small or about normal? Ps- love that toenail polish!

I think the Rag and Bone’s run true to size! I am always a size 27 unless they run big then I am a 26 but for these I got a 27 and they fit like a glove!! Honestly, best jeans ever!! And we were just in some alley way in SLC ! The photographer had gotten the fireworks from a stand also in SLC! xx

first comment here, but i ve been reading you for ages! 🙂
and, since you found your puppy, i ve tried to resist… finally my fiancé & I will adopt “ike”, europeen retriever (as we live in west french coast), born the 30th of may.
so, who says girls only love blogs for the outfits & shoes…`thanks to you we are going to have a dog 🙂
i have sooooo many questions about his education , things we have to take care of etcetc… 🙂 i guess i will figure it out anyway !

Johannah!! Oh my gosh that is so exciting!! How has it been going?! Ask any questions you want!! Honestly this is the first dog I have ever had! We had a dog growing up but I was too young to remember during the training days! So I am kinda figuring things out as we go, but we are learning a lot so ask away!! So fun that you live in France!! We are going to France in September! We fly into Marseilles and are road tripping along the French Riviera and Italian coast!! Maybe you guys and your dog could come meet us for lunch – if its not too far away that is!! xx

Dear Amber,
thank you so much for your reply 🙂
we don’t have the puppy yet as he’s born the 30th of may, we have to wait at least 8 weeks but we already visited him at the farm. the guy who raise them has 50 permanent dogs! when we were there, 4 of his females had babies, so there was 36 puppies… soooo hard to resist right! 🙂
in france, golden retriever are usually white, so people ask for the whiter but when i saw Chauncey, i immediatly fall in love with his fur, and so we asked for the reder…
+ i’m blonde but for i don’t know what mystery, i have red nuances sometimes, so my fiancé often call me the red blonde girl… now we’ll have a red puppy!

anyway, i should take him home in a couple of weeks so maybe i’ll write you for advises.. maybe a new idea for your 2nd blog…

so nice that you are coming to france! i read that you visited already the french riviera so you know a bit already. i spend lot of years on Porquerolles island, have you been there? you definitely have to take your husband at the “mas du langoustier”. thing is, you might never want to leave… 🙂
if you need me to recommend some places to go, do not hesitate!
you definitly chose the most beautiful part of france (in my opinion), with Paris of course! 🙂 but you also arleady been there anyway so you know…
we live in the west coast now, close to the city of “nantes” so it’s about 700 miles but maybe we ‘ll visit my family who still live there so.. who knows!
do you take Chauncey with you guys?

Aww I am so happy for you!! You will love your pup!! We would visit Chauncey when he was still at the breeder’s home and it was always so hard to leave!! We love the red fur so I have to say, good choice 🙂 he will be darling, you’ll have to send me pics!!

And I will definitely look into Porquerolles Island! That sounds amazing! We are starting in Marseilles and driving all the down to the almafi coast so let us know if there are any must see’s along the way! We have Cassis, Villefranche, Luberon Valley, St. Jean Cap Farat, and a few others on our list so far, for France at least!!

No we can’t bring Chauncey 🙁 we are so sad to leave him! He is staying at my husband’s sister’s house so he will get to play with all their kids and probably won’t even realize we are gone!! 🙂

Hi!
It s tonna be an unforgettable trip that you are up to..
So, have you book your hôtels/ b&b already?
You absolutly have to visit “les calanques de cassis” + excellent vineyards, Marseille city (just the heart of it and do not spent to much Time there…),
Maybe bandol but definitely the small village called le castelet, it s mainly a very famous race circuit, if you are lucky maybe you could enjoy old cars race…+ the village is so cute
Then if you have Time, take a boat to enjoy a day in porquerolle island or if you like it wilder and uncivillized port cros Island + amazing diving place in the last one
Before arriving in villefranche, have a look at the small high village of bormes les mimosa. You should also stop to eze village, maybe the big lake of sainte croix (and try the “boatbike” or à very funny bike on water…, or canyoning)
There is also a inexpected city called port grimaud (don t go to grimaud, it s port grimaud that you are looking for but both are close)
Maybe have a look in saint tropez… But it would be crowed for sûre…
Then before crossing the border to italy, you Can spent Time in antibes and Juan les pins, grâce (the city of natural perfume factory)

As you CAN imagine, there are plenty of other beautiful places but you CAN keep some for you next Time 🙂

Hope i helped, if you got questions, feel free to ask. I spent 25years there so, it s kind of like my country 🙂

Oh my gosh this a huge help thank you so much for all the recommendations!! I have some of those on my list already but some of them I have never heard of and am definitely adding to our itinerary!! I lived in Annecy, France last summer so we may try to road trip up there too!! Thanks again girl it really helps so much to hear from a local!! xx

What fun! Loving this post Amber, isn’t the farmers market such a fun weekend activity?! I bet you’re dying in the heat with your hair down. It’s in the 90s today in FL (and humid…yuck) and I’m seriously considering chopping it all!

Thanks girl!!! And yes I was! I put my hair up after these photos actually!! And I don’t know what I was thinking with the jeans! Let me know if you end up chopping your hair – scary!!! I am sure it will be so cute though

Yeah that would be awesome! Anytime after 4 on Saturday will work for me since I work until 3:30. I actually work at Ruff House (doggy daycare/boarding/training/grooming place in Orem) so I always look forward to your posts with Chauncey.

oh poor wee pup, he is so precious. How did you even wear jeans in that weather lady!? :O You didn’t even look sweaty at all! if that was me my face would be melting and fringe will start separating haha Love a good farmers market…did you buy anything spesh? X